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Page DISTRICT 7450 Rotary Leader Volume 4 Number 6 Message from DG Al In the five months that have gone by during my time as your District Governor, I have completed all but a handful of the official visits around our great District. December is Family Month in Rotary and I hope all Rotarians in our District have had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with their families. I wish all a most wonderful Holiday Season. The celebration of Christmas for some; Hanukkah for others,; and Kwanzaa, are an excellent opportunity for our members families to celebrate their holidays in their special way. But most of all we should celebrate the family of Rotary. As RI President John Kenny said in this month s message, The family of Rotary includes every one of the men, women, and children who are involved in our work. President Kenny closes his messages by reminding us that every club should strive to achieve a balanced interaction between Rotarians and their families and the family of Rotary. Only by working together, as a family, can we ensure that the Rotary of today grows into an even stronger Rotary of tomorrow. I am thankful for my two daughters and my grandchildren for their support in my service to Rotary. Talking about families, how about bringing your family to the District Conference which will be a celebration of the Rotary year on a cruise from N.J. to Bermuda and back on May 8 to 13, 2010. (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) December 2009 Six District 7450 Rotarians assist medical teams during Rotaplast mission to China Six Rotarians from District 7450 assisted the Rotaplast medical team which performed 165 corrective plastic surgeries on 116 children with cleft pallet and cleft lip birth defects in Shijiangzhuan City, China. Story of the trip appears on page 5 and on Rotary7450.org. Broomall Rotarian Paul Quintavalla (right) gives Rotary flag to Olive, a nurse at Shijiazhuang Hospital, China. Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and mission translator Jiuli Wu and Central Chester County Rotarian John Gillespie (above, left photo), in clinic where Joanne Gillespie takes vital signs of young patient.

Page 2 FROM DG AL MARLAND: Varied schedule keeps Rotarians on the go CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE A registration is needed as soon as possible for a minimum charge; you can find the forms and the brochure at the end of this newsletter and also at our District website www.rotary7450.org. The District Conference and cruise is designed to be a family affair so consider making a vacation out of it. The promised drawing for the free cruise passage did not take place November 20 as promised, so we will plan to accomplish it at our next District event. On November 20, we had the opportunity to have a District dinner to recognize individual and Rotary Club contributions to The Rotary Foundation. We recognized all new Paul Harris Fellows and also recognized clubs that the trustees of The Rotary Foundation recognized with award banners. Keynote speaker was past RI president Wilf Wilkinson and Elias Thomas shared his experiences on NIDs. My appreciation is expressed for the tireless efforts PDG Russ defuria and his wife, Dawn defuria, who organized and made all plans for the dinner. For the benefit of those who were not present, I want to recognize the Wayne Rotary Club which became the top per capita contributing Club in the District for the 2008-9 Rotary Year. The second club was Longwood Rotary Club and Abington at Edge Hill Rotary Club was the third such club. Other clubs that were recognized for the same Rotary Year were the Bala- Cynwyd-Narberth, Central Delaware County and the Coatesville Rotary Clubs as Every Rotarian, Every Year Clubs. These Clubs achieved a minimum of $100 per capita with every active member personally contributing some amount to the Annual Programs Fund. In addition, the Central Delaware County Rotary Club was recognized as a Sustaining Members Club, with every active member of the club personally contributing $100 or more to the Annual Programs Fund. Immediate PDG Joel Chesney and I thank all the Clubs in the District for their support of The Rotary Foundation. Just as we Made Dreams Real in 2008-9, The Future of Rotary is in Your Hands in all of our hands in 2009-10. We had our first training session November 23 for the District Data Base, which brings to the forefront a tool for communications within Clubs, Club members and committees, areas for the Assistant Governors, District committees, and, most of all, among members in the District by the District Governor or his/her surrogates. It is imperative and mandatory that all Clubs participate in order for the District to operate through electronic means and become green. The District pays the usage fees for the Internet- Based District Data Base which can be accessed from any computer anywhere in the world. In addition we have provided an additional module for all the Clubs to record their weekly attendance and submit their attendance to the District monthly. The benefits of the attendance module are to introduce a uniform method for computing the attendance in the District and have a reliable way in ranking Clubs. We will provide additional training sessions to all Club presidents and secretaries in the District who in turn are to train their Club members for direct access to the information on the Data Base. If a Club feels that the secretary is not computer literate enough, the Club can appoint a Club communications officer to be the Data Base coordinator for the Club. The seat availability in those training sessions will be made on a first come first-serve basis as the dates open up, so try to find a date that is good for you and sign up as soon as possible. We are in the process of finalizing our planning for the RYLA conference for high school students. We are at a dilemma on how to proceed in our planning for this District event. All the presidents will be notified by the middle of December what our final direction will be. We will be looking for the traditional support to sponsor students by all Clubs in the District. The District Nominating Committee is in full action now since the 60-day window of notice has expired. Nominations by Clubs should be submitted to the Nominating Committee chair PDG Russ defuria for consideration and vetting. It is anticipated that the DGN and the DGND will be determined by the end of January, 2010. I hope all Clubs have evaluated everybody in their mist who can contribute in the role of a DG in our District and submit the name in nomination for either one of those two open District DG positions. The outbound GSE Team, which will visit District 2470 in southern Greece in April, 2010 has been selected and final organizational issues are being resolved. The team leader is Philadelphia Rotarian Lisa Leonard, who is working on building team bonding while the GSE committee is working in making arrangements for language and cultural training for the team. I am looking forward to working with the GSE committee and the GSE Team in making this trip a most successful one. Hopefully, the publicity about the outgoing team will peak the interest of the Clubs in the District to host the Greek GSE Team which will visit our District in May, 2010. Watch for social networking sites and blogs to follow the team in its travels to Greece. Please send news about your club projects and share your successes with the rest of us in the District to Joan Toenniessen at mombugjoan@msn.com and photos with complete identification to Jay Childress at info@rotary7450.org. Please print a few copies of the this issue of Rotary Leader, take it to your Club meeting, and share it with some of your fellow members who don t have computer communications. Please do not hesitate to email me with your thoughts, suggestions, ideas and comments at DG0910@rotary7450.org.

Page 3 PECO spotlights Rotary s effort to eradicate polio A powerful message highlighting Rotary s campaign to eradicate polio was featured on the PECO Crown Lights towering over center city Philadelphia. It began on November 24 and continued through November 26 and proclaimed: Rotary s War On Polio: Two Billion Children Immunized Worldwide To Date" The message began running continuously every six minutes at dark about 5 p.m. Tuesday, November 24 all through each night into the early morning hours of Thanksgiving night. District 7450 public relations chairman Joe Batory points out that Rotarians everywhere are justifiably proud of our gargantuan polio initiative which United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called one of the most spectacular success stories ever in public health that clearly highlights Rotary s remarkable service to humanity. Batory, who has been negotiating these prime ad spaces with PECO, announced the latest three-day advertising run during the Rotary Foundation Dinner last month: I can t think of any better or meaningful Thanksgiving present for anyone in any way connected with Rotary to see Rotary s long-term polio effort getting the recognition it deserves. By way of context, Batory noted, Drivers cannot drive on Philadelphia s Schuylkill Expressway or go in or out of the city at night without seeing these PECO Crown Lights motion messages which dominate the city skyline. Just a District public relations chair Joe Batory of Philadelphia Rotary Club announces plans for PECO s Rotary message over the Thanksgiving holiday at the November 20 District Rotary Foundation dinner in Malvern. Looking on is past District Governor Russ defuria, District Rotary Foundation chair. few months ago, in August, Rotary also glowed above Philadelphia on the PECO Crown Lights display for five days with the message repeated hundreds and hundreds of times Greater Philadelphia s 54 Rotary Clubs fight illiteracy, disease, poverty and pollution and support education! Thorndale Rotary Club gives $1,000 to Caln D.A.R.E. Thorndale Rotary Club, which serves the communities of Thorndale, Downingtown and Coatesville since 1995, presented Chief Brian R. Byerly of the Caln Township Police Department (left) with a check for $1,000 to help fund the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Thanks to the funding, 100 students from the fifth grade class of Caln Elementary School in Thorndale will be able to go through the D.A.R.E. program. Jack Hines, president of the Thorndale Rotary Club and West Bradford Township manager, presented the check. Also present were Mary Jean F. Wilson-Stenz, principal of Caln Elementary School, and DG Al Marland. After the Pennsylvania Legislature cut funds for the D.A.R.E program in Caln Township, the police reached out to the Thorndale Rotary Club for assistance. The Thorndale Rotary Club was able to secure a matching grant from Rotary District 7450. As a result, the funds collected will be able to cover 2/3 of the D.A.R.E. program s annual budget. Chief Byerly commented, With the State funding cuts, we had to rely on the local community to help us maintain the program in Caln Township. We thank the Rotary Club of Thorndale for stepping up in our time of need.

Page 4 Seek Out New Rotary Candidates! Complete timely, quick Club classification analysis Each active member of a Rotary club is classified in accordance with the member s business, profession, or type of community service. A classification describes the principal and recognized activity of the firm, company, or institution with which a Rotarian is connected. For example, the employed electrical engineer, insurance adjustor, or business manager of a manufacturing concern may be considered for membership on the basis of his or her position or as a representative of the firm, company, or institution. The classification principle allows a club to search for and achieve a more diverse professional representation of members within their club s community. Each Club should adhere to the classification and membership principles of Rotary. Clubs should consider the classification practice carefully and broaden the interpretation of classification where necessary to meet today s business, professional, and community service environment within their communities. To help you get started, your District Membership Committee wants you to access a good Classification Tool/Listing at www.menomoniesunriserotary.org/images/ Classification List 2007-2008.pdf Often a list of Classifications is a mind jogger to help identify and view membership potential from the broad business, professional, and community institution prospective, which lead us to an individual within a classification. RI provides us with a helpful 25-minute membership survey using the Club Assessment Tool which can be found at www.rotary.org/ridocuments/en_pdf/ club_assessment_tools_en.pdf Consideration should be given during every Club s on-going membership search to seek a well-balanced membership in which no one business, profession, or type of community service predominates. A Club should review the demographics of their service area and strive for a membership that is representative of every recognized business or professional activity, as well as individuals in the community. During your club s ongoing membership search, each club should remember the importance of seeking out younger individuals. The challenge is to increase the appeal of Rotary membership to the growing number of young men and women who are occupying positions of responsibility in business and professions. To encourage attracting younger professionals, consider easing the potential new members financial commitment by waiving your club s dues and admission fees for members under 35 years of age. May we suggest, putting yourself in their place, then think of the financial concerns that exist to building a career and family; perhaps you can develop a package of annual financial incentives for this new generation of Rotarians. In addition to the Classification listing, a helpful tool is learning something about the demographics of the individuals within the generations you are seeking as a potential Rotarian. Much is written about the Characteristics and Defining Values of each generation. Invest a little time using your favorite search engine, such as Google. Amazingly, each generation is different in the way they value their commitment to performing service. Below are the names assigned to the generations of individuals born in our United States since 1900. Do your homework and find out the Characteristics and Defining Values for each generation. (See chart below.) Knowing the facts about a generation will assist how your Club can approach your recruit. Rotary International president John Kenny has challenged each Rotarian by providing us with the following words; The Future of Rotary is In Your Hands. Let s accept the challenge and share Rotary with our friends, neighbors, co-workers and the community at-large. Thank you for your time and commitment to our Rotary s future. Please do not hesitate to call or email your club s assistant governor, your Area 1, 4, 7 or 8 Membership Coordinator, or Governor Al Marland - each will be a good source for counsel and assistance. Please continue to remember Membership is our Future and introduce a person to Rotary every day. The District 7450 Membership Committee wishes all Rotarians and their families a Blessed and Peaceful Christmas, Hanukkah, or Holiday season and a very Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year in 2010. In the Spirit of Rotary Service, Michael J. Buchheit, Membership Committee chair Period Generations Names 1900-1924 GI Generation 1925-1945 Silent Generation 1946-1964 Boomer Generation 1965-1979 Generation X 1980-2000 Millennials or Generation Y 2001 to present New Silent Generation or Generation Z

Page 5 Langhorne Rotarians collect coins for PolioPlus; Rotary Interactors raise $100 at Purple Pinkie David Carson, a member of the Langhorne Rotary Club and a branch manager of the First National Bank of Newtown, noticed that when many people counted their coins at the machine in the bank they came up with a few Canadian coins. Carson got the idea that if the coins, often thrown away, were contributed to the Lansdowne Rotary Club, they could be taken to Canada by the several members of the Club planning to attend the International Rotary Convention in Montreal in June, cashed in, and the funds sent to the Rotary Foundation for Polio- Chris Blaydon, Langhorne Rotarian and mayor of Plus. Langhorne, displays his "Purple Pinkie" at Langhorne Harvest Day. By setting out cans marked for donations to the Polio Plus Campaign, Carson has managed to raise over $250 in only a few weeks. Contribution cans with Canadian and Rotary emblems have been placed in First National Banks and other prime locations to enable more donations. Canadian paper money is also acceptable At the Langhorne Harvest Day on October 31, the Rotary Interact Club at Neshaminy High School, sponsored by the Langhorne Rotary Club, sponsored a Purple Pinkie event at the Rotary Club table. For a donation for Polio- Plus, children and adults could have purple nail polish applied to their pinkie finger. Over $100 was raised that day and will be sent to the Rotary Foundation. In countries that still are fighting the spread of polio, children David Carson, a member of the Langhorne Rotary Club, holds a collection can for PolioPlus. are given the polio vaccine and ink is applied to their finger to indicate they have been immunized. On Martin Luther King Day, January 18, 2010, the Langhorne Rotary Club will host the second annual Pasta Buffet at the St. James Church Hall in Langhorne. The event will be catered by the Bella Tori at the Mansion and the proceeds will support the Club s Polio Plus campaign as well. Shady Brook Rotarians give 50 coats to Salvation Army Bob Morris, (left) past president of the Shady Brook Rotary Club, case manager Denise Graham, and Captain David Childs, who is Salvation Army director, display some of the 50 coats which the Rotary Club recently donated to the Salvation Army. David Lenzner, past secretary of the Rotary Club, helped deliver the coats and photographed the delivery of coats.

Page 6 Rotaplast team goes to China to assist medical team in 171 procedures on 116 children with cleft pallet and cleft lip Rotarians Peter Skiadas, John Gillespie, Paul Quintavalla, Ron Moyer, and Jack Holefelder check supplies at airport. Arriving in China for the 18-day Rotaplast medical mission are District 7450 Rotary volunteers (from left) John Gillespie, Paul Quintavalla, Joanne Gillespie, Jack Holefelder, Sandra Swiatek, Don Heebner, Ron Moyer, and Peter Skiadas. District Rotarians Bring Happy Smile to China The Broomall Rotary Club is a sponsor of Rotaplast (Rotary Plastic Surgery), which provides corrective plastic surgery for children with the birth defects of cleft pallet and cleft lip (also known as hare lip) birth defects. The following was edited from material submitted by Chris Dervishian of the Broomall Rotary Club and Don Heebner of Conshohocken- Plymouth-Whitemarsh Rotary Club.) This October, Broomall Rotarian Paul Quintavalla and five other Rotary volunteers from District 7450 and two area nurses traveled over 40 hours and 12 time zones to assist a 50-member medical team perform 165 procedures on 116 children in Shijiangzhuan City, China to correct the disfiguring and debilitating cleft pallets a and cleft lips. Rotaplast provides surgery without charge to underprivileged families. The medical team consisted of plastic surgeons, pediatricians, anesthesiologists, dentists, a speech therapist and nurses. Assisting them were Rotarians from Broomall, Conshohocken-Plymouth- Whitemarsh, Kennett Square, Media, Twin Valley and Central Chester County Rotary Clubs. Everyone participates without compensation and Rotarians travel at their own expense. Most of the children were between the ages of one and five. The youngest was five months and a few were in their early teens. They came from poor sections of the city and villages on up to eight-hours bus rides. Because they were poor, families stayed in the Team member Peter Skiadas of Kennett Square Rotary Club with a boy at the Pre-Clinic. wards with their children but the hospital did not provide meals, so parents bought food from street vendors. The surgery is a life-changing procedure that the families could never provide for their children. Cleft pallet greatly inhibits speech and affects eating and drinking. In third world countries, children with cleft lip are often abandoned to state orphanages at birth. Corrective surgery allows them to rejoin society and have a normal life. The Rotary volunteers saw a six-year-old bolt upright in the recovery room, looking startled after the hole in this pallet that opened his nasal passage to his mouth had been closed. The nurse from Arkansas said, He is breathing normally for the first time in his life and doesn t know what to make of it. Don t worry, he ll get used to it. This fall s trip was Rotaplast s second mission to China, which the Chinese government calls Happy Smile Charitable Program. The news media for the city of nine and one-half million people covered the event on the front page of the newspaper. This is the 10th consecutive year that District 7450 has supported a Rotaplast mission. The cost of the mission is over $100,000. Earlier missions were to India, Peru, Ethiopia, Egypt, Viet Nam and the Philippines. For more information, contact Chris Dervishian at cdervishian@ratnerprestia.com.

Page 7 Past RI president Wilf Wilkinson joins celebration: Rotary Foundation dinner honors contributors Philadelphia Rotarian Frank Hollick (left) gives Bala Cynwyd-Narbeth Rotarian Rick Trivane a Purple Pinkie prior to the dinner. Past District Governor Arnie Graf and Rita Graf were on hand. PDG Arnie is past District Foundation chair. Frank Hollick places purple ink on the pinkie of Cynthie Beideman as Gary Beideman waits his turn. The Purple Pinkie project raised $146 for Polio Plus during the reception for RI past president Wilf Wilkinson. Photography by JayChild Among the 108 Rotarians who welcomed RI past president Wilf Wilkinson are Swarthmore Rotarian Marv Gelb and Margaret Kuo, past president of Wayne Rotary Club. District 7450 Rotary Foundation Committee welcomed RI past president Wilf Wilkinson to dinner at Hotel Desmond in Malvern November 20. A total of 108 Rotarians from Districts 7450 and 7430 celebrated Rotary Clubs which topped the RI Foundation giving in 2008-2009. Check for full details of Clubs at Rotary Foundation website at http://www.rotary7450.org/foundation/ Past RI president Wilf Wilkinson is surrounded by Rotarians from Greater West Chester Sunrise Rotary Club prior to dinner. They are (from left) Eileen Carr, Gary Altoonian, Barbara De Baptiste,Lela DeBaptiste,Past RI WIlkinson, Phil McFadden, Nicole McFadden, and Rotary Club president Dawn defuria. Past RI director Lynmar Brock Jr. and Claudie Brock were hosts for RI past president Wilf Wilkinson during his visit to District 7450 last month.

Page 8 Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary Club receives Delco Fair check Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotarian Dave Lafferty presents check for $2800 to Concordville Rotary Club Foundation as the Club s share of the 2009 Delaware County Fair, which was co-sponsored by the Concordville- Chadds Ford Rotary Club and Glen Riddle Rotary Club as a fundraiser for community projects. This year s fair also raised $4200 for Glen Riddle Rotary Club and $5,000 for CADES. The committee notes Cerebral palsy is the main benefactor but families with handicapped children and their siblings are free on Thursday night. It is a tossup of who benefits the most, the families or the feeling it gives you as a Rotarian. Surprise! Shannon Mick receives the Paul Harris Fellowship Exton-Frazer Rotary Club secretary Shannon Mick receives a surprise Paul Harris Fellowship by Exton- Frazer Rotary Club president Dave Ellis at the Club s breakfast meeting last month. Mick also serves as Gundaker representative and coordinator of the Club s Youth Exchange. A Rotarian for three years, Mick is an enthusiastic supporter of The Gundaker Foundation and The Rotary Foundation.

Exchange students visit Longwood Rotary Club Last May, District 7450 hosted the GSE Team from District 3830 in the Philippines which was an area hit by two typhoons over the past few months. To help those affected by the disaster, outgoing District 7450 GSE Team member and Main Line Rotaractor Jody LaVerdure is coordinating a clothing drive. If you have good quality new or used clothing to donate, please contact Jennifer Greenberg, Rotary International District Rotaract Representative at greenjen2000@yahoo.com Longwood Rotary Club hosted two 2009-2010 exchange students for breakfast last month. The students attend Unionville High School and are sponsored by the Longwood R o t a r y Club. Chan Chantike Hardy tike Hardy from Indonesia says Indonesia is an archipelago nation of 17,500 islands, of which 6,000 are inhabited. Among the islands are 300 ethnic groups. Chantike has one sister and three brothers. Her father owns the company that distributes Sanyo air conditioners. Glen Mills Rotary Club honored two Rustin High School students, Sudesh Raju and Meghan Plank as Students of the Month for October. Glen Mills Rotary Club president Paul O Brien (right) presented Raju (left) and Plank with the certificates. Sudesh Raju participated in Science Olympiad for past three years, Math Team, Rustin Boy Speaking Contest 2009, was treasurer of Rustin 2009-2010 Student Forum, member of Spanish National Honor Society, school newspaper, brass section leader of Rustin Marching Band as sophomore and junior, Rustin baseball team,and trombone player in the Rustin Jazz Band. He volunteered at Paoli Hospital over the summer transporting patients throughout the hospital. Meghan Plank is member of varsity field hockey (2007, 2008, and 2009); junior varsity lacrosse (2008), varsity Among the interesting facts Chantike talked about Indonesia was the leather puppets and batik fabric. Anjeli Issur is from Strasbourg, France. Her father was originally from Mauritania and her mother from France. Anjeli's family includes Anjeli Issur two brothers aged 18 and 20. Anjeli reviewed the attractions of Strasbourg. She also talked about the new foods she has discovered and is enjoying since her arrival: peanut butter and jelly! Glen Mills Rotary Club honors two students lacrosse (2009), plays clarinet in Rustin Concert Band (2007-2008), Rustin Wind Ensemble (Fall 2008 to present); and is member of National Honor Society (2009) and National French Honor Society (2009). Page 9 Rotaractors Collect Clothing For Philippines Deadline District 7450 Rotary Leader is your newsletter. Please send information and photos about your Club by the first of month to: Joan Toenniessen at mombugjoan@msn.com. and send photos to Jay C h i l d r e s s a t info@rotary7450.com. Please include identification of all in photos and check clearance for all photos of minors.

Page 10 Calendar January 11: Pre-PETS (President- Elect Training Seminar) Dinner and Orientation for 2010-2011 Club Presidents and Assistant District Governors beginning at 5:30 pm at The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center, PA February 19-21: RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) at Valley Forge Freedom Foundation. February 26-27: Multi-District PETS (President-Elect Training} at the King of Prussia Radisson Hotel. March 12: Rotary Leadership Institute, Mount Laurel, N.J. The Rotary 7450 Leader Published by District 7450 Al Marland District Governor Joan Connor Toenniessen Editor Jay Childress Photographer/Graphics Deadline is first of month. Send news items and photos (with names and information) to mombugjoan@msn.com Send photos (with names and information) to info@rotary7450.org Please identify people in photos. Send change of address information t o info@rotary7450.org April 2010: GSE outgoing to Greece. April 10: Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Wilmington, Delaware at the Hotel du Pont. May 2010: Incoming GSE team arrives from Greece. May 8-15: District Conference and cruise to Bermuda. See flyer at www.rotary7450.org. and page 11 14 in this newsletter.. Report Attendance to Info@Rotary7450.org Area Club# Club Name Members % 2 26485 Abington at Edge Hill 11 Not Reported 4 5463 Ardmore 85 69 4 5464 Bala Cynwyd/Narberth 18 49 1 5466 Bensalem 39 65 1 5467 Bristol 42 69 4 5468 Broomall 39 Not Reported 4 5469 Bryn Mawr 18 100 6 25353 Central Chester County 22 77 5 26630 Central Delaware County 10 90 2 5470 Cheltenham Rockledge 17 Not Reported 7 5471 Chester 25 75 7 5472 Chester Pike 26 75 5 27323 Chesterbrook 16 Not Reported 3 31062 Chestnut Hill 48 69 7 5473 Chichester 22 Not Reported 6 5474 Coatesville 53 59 8 5475 Concordville-Chadds Ford 40 81 2 5476 Conshohocken-Plymouth Whitemarsh 18 Not Reported 6 5478 Downingtown 16 70 3 27974 Eastwick/Phl Airport 12 Not Reported 2 5479 Elkins Park 10 52 6 5480 Exton-Frazer 15 63 1 5481 Feasterville 20 Not Reported 3 5494 Frankford - Northeast Philadelphia 27 62 8 70137 Glen Mills 18 80 8 5483 Glen Riddle 23 73 2 5484 Glenside 34 59 8 26213 Greater West Chester Sunrise 41 80 4 5485 Haverford Township 31 54 2 5487 Jenkintown 67 Not Reported 9 5488 Kennett Square 16 86 5 5489 King Of Prussia 46 63 1 5490 Langhorne 28 Not Reported 1 5491 Levittown-Fairless Hills 20 60 9 50612 Longwood 92 83 3 65194 Madrugadores 10 60 5 5492 Media 87 Not Reported 3 55498 NE Sunrisers 20 72 5 5493 Newtown Square 31 60 9 5496 Oxford 19 79 5 5497 Paoli-Malvern-Berwyn 29 67 3 5498 Philadelphia 102 40 6 5499 Phoenixville 34 Not Reported 1 75462 Shady Brook 43 44 7 5500 Springfield 22 52 7 5501 Swarthmore 52 Not Reported 6 30662 Thorndale 13 Not Reported 9 50613 Twin Valley 17 66 7 5477 Upper Darby-Lansdowne 32 59 4 5503 Wayne 23 39 8 5504 West Chester 113 Not Reported 8 79371 West Chester Downtown "Fridays" 21 82 9 5505 West Grove/Avondale 30 Not Reported 8 5506 Westtown-Goshen 38 83 1801

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